Because he didn't post them :)

He gets the keys...

And then he gets into his new car...

And drives away!

Visual summary of my week to-date

That's me, on the left.

Knowledge was power, but now it kills time

I went to a class yesterday and learned all about RSS feeds and blogs for the legal profession and how to soup up my Google usage, etc. The stated goal of the class was to boost productivity by upgrading the use of online tools. I was a really good session. However, now I have so many things I want to do on my computer that it's actually decreased my productivity. Incidentally, my new iGoogle page is gorgeous.

I love lilacs

Highland Park
May, 2008

Keeping in touch

A friend of mine that I was close to for a while in my life just had a baby and I've very happy for her. She's going to be a wonderful mother - that's one lucky baby.

But the baby brings some really sad feelings for me. I haven't kept in touch with my friend like I should have. In fact, I've always been terrible at keeping in touch with people. That's not an excuse, but more objective fact.

The last time I spoke with my friend, it was two days before she found out she was pregnant. She was 8 1/2 months along the next time I spoke to her, and now she's given birth since our last conversation. I'm kicking myself for being so absent in a friend's life.

She has a million friends -- she's one of those people who makes people feel good about themselves, and she's very outgoing -- so she doesn't need me to be in her life for support or anything like that. I should just be there for a friend because that's what friends do.

I've moved around a lot in the past and my friends are scattered around the world. It can be difficult to keep in touch. I hope this lesson stays in my heart and mind so I can be a better friend in the future.

More like a nickel and a quarter

I was just reading a NYT article about Sens. Clinton and McCain's idea ot suspend the federal gas tax for 3 months. Did you know that the plan will save the average driver 30 cents per day? THIRTY cents - one nickel and one quarter. I could return the bottles in my recycle box and do 3X better than that.

This is a distraction from the real problem -- we're dependent on oil and the technology to replace it has not been developed yet. WHY DON'T WE WORK ON THAT!!!

Sen. Clinton is quoted as citing this proposal and then saying she's the only Democrat who is working to solve the gas expense problem. Is that seriously your position?? I don't think giving back a small fraction of the gas tax we pay will "solve" the problems of the financially burdened middle class. The middle class in America is on the verge of moving out with the dodo bird, and she's "saving" us by giving back an estimated $28 TOTAL. It's disingenuous and pretty much evil to hang your hat on a distraction and call yourself a hero for it when you know damn well that your token plan keeps people from talking about real solutions to very real problems that will very soon be changing the landscape of our economy and culture.

Two Wrights make a wrong

I really don't want to hear one more comment about Rev. Wright. Just stop it. I don't want to watch another clip of his terrible impersonation of Pres. Kennedy, or his description of how white marching bands are different from black marching bands. The man is a racist and I'm tired of listening to his ignorance.

I do not believe that he represents the entire black community - nor do I believe that Barack Obama is a bad man because he attends Trinity Baptist Church. Heck, I'm a Roman Catholic and and I don't think anyone attributes all of the tenets of the Catholic Church or the actions of any particular Catholic priest to me personally.

Sen. Obama showed a lot of integrity when he supported his friend after the entire country told him to denounce him -- his original soundbytes were taken out of context and Sen. Obama wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt I honestly don't understand how his friend, one month later, turns around and seems to purposefully and effectively embark on a crusade to destroy everything Sen. Obama has been working towards for the past year.

Why wouldn't Rev. Wright support a member of his church who refused to denounce him despite all of that pressure? It doesn't make any sense - I think Wright is probably mentally unbalanced - the conspiracy theories and the betrayal defy logic and common sense.

In the end, Sen. Obama did what he had to do -- he was forced to denounce his friend. I can imagine that kind of betrayal must take the wind out of Sen. Obama, and his family.